REMEMBER Only Conservat ive Councillors have the ability and commitment to deliver both strong financial management and services for our residents.

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Despite all the doom and gloom about reductions in government funding for council services and facilities in other authorities, during the last four years in Conservative Hillingdon we have gone from strength to strength. As well as continuing to invest in our libraries, schools, roads, leisure facilities and parks and open spaces, I have recently announced that once again there will be no increase in Hil l ingdon's Council Tax. All residents will see tax frozen until 2016 and for those over 65 tax is frozen for five years until 2019. It has never been more important than now to have sound financial management in Hillingdon, which is why it is essential that a proven Conservative Administration is returned at the local elections on 22nd May. There remains tough financial challenges ahead of us and there is simply no other political party in Hillingdon that comes close to our track record for financial management and the delivery of services and facilities that our residents tell us are important to them.

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Ray Puddifoot MBERay Puddifoot MBERay Puddifoot MBERay Puddifoot MBE Conservative Leader,

London Borough of Hillingdon

www.hillingdonconservatives.org Spring 2014

HILLINGDON CONSERVATIVES - PUTTING RESIDENTS FIRST

Whilst other Councils have reduced services and facility provision the Conservative Administration in Hillingdon has provided our residents with: • The only complete Library Rebuild and Library Rebuild and Library Rebuild and Library Rebuild and

Refurbishment Refurbishment Refurbishment Refurbishment programme in the Country. • More investment in Parks and Open Spaces Parks and Open Spaces Parks and Open Spaces Parks and Open Spaces

resulting in the award of 24 Green Flags, more than any other Council in the UK.

• Fees and charges frozen year on year, parking charges for residents in Hillingdon are far lower than neighbouring boroughs using your Hillingdon First Card.Hillingdon First Card.Hillingdon First Card.Hillingdon First Card.

• An investment of £50m in state of the art Sports and Leisure FacilitiesSports and Leisure FacilitiesSports and Leisure FacilitiesSports and Leisure Facilities.

• A fully funded Investment of £150m in Investment of £150m in Investment of £150m in Investment of £150m in SchoolsSchoolsSchoolsSchools to ensure that every Hillingdon child has a primary school place close to home.

• Record investment in Road Maintenance.Road Maintenance.Road Maintenance.Road Maintenance. • Easy to use Weekly Refuse and Recycling Weekly Refuse and Recycling Weekly Refuse and Recycling Weekly Refuse and Recycling

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PUTTING HILLINGDON RESIDENTS FIRST

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Conservative Hillingdon Council has recently announced that it will retain a freeze on local Council Tax until at least 2016, and until 2019 for the over 65s. Those households with at least one person over 65 since the Council Tax freeze began in 2007 will have saved £900 by April of this year, and will continue to save over the next four years due to

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All Hillingdon Council Tax payers will see their Council Tax frozen for at least a further two years - seven years in total.

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We are aware that many Manor families send their children to the various youth teams run by Wealdstone F C. Having previously provided funding for kit, we have now ensured the Grosvenor Vale site is used for sport and youth activities by

including the grounds as part of the Ruislip Green ChainRuislip Green ChainRuislip Green ChainRuislip Green Chain, which runs from New Pond Parade to Herlwyn open space. Cllr Douglas Mills said, "I have worked closely with the Board of Wealdstone FC to ensure that sport is protected in planning law as the permitted usage at Grosvenor Vale and to avoid any speculative housing development. Wealdstone are a proud club and I'm delighted to have them supporting our wider Manor community."

As your councillors, we pride ourselves on all living within a mile of Ruislip Manor station and on being able to get things done to ensure that we deliver on Putting our Residents First. In addition to dealing with over a hundred individual issues for residents in the past year, we have kept you informed throughout the last four years, as shown by the various In Touch community bulletins we have delivered to your door. We believe residents expect us to be active throughout our term of office and not just a few weeks before elections.

CLLR MIKE MARKHAM CLLR DOUGLAS MILLS CLLR SUSAN O’BRIEN

In our last In Touch (Nov 13) we promised to ask for additional funding to have more Manor roads resurfaced. Cllr Mike Markham said, "Because we are able to influence the key decision makers, Thurlstone Road, Paignton Road and Willow Gardens have all been recently resurfaced. This follows resurfacing in Seaton Gardens, Dartmouth, Flamborough, Dulverton, Beverley and Filey Waye.” We will continue to identify other Manor roads that can be included in further programmes.

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Several residents have told us that they wish there was a bank in the Manor. Following on from the opening of the new Main Post Office in Victoria Road, it has now been announced that residents will be able to open a Post Office current account at Ruislip

Manor.

Cllr Susan O’Brien said, "This is further good news for residents and the recent introduction of the Seven Day Switching Service for bank customers has provided a fresh opportunity for those who

wish to have their bank in Victoria Road."

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